Table 1.
Total fatty acid content of lipid extracts from leaves of a control tobacco plant and a plant transformed with the borage Δ6 desaturase clone pBdes6
| Acids | % Fatty acid
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Control | Transformant | |
| Palmitic(C16:0) | 16.3 | 14.0 |
| Palmitoleic(C16:1) | Trace | Trace |
| (C16:3) | 5.0 | 9.0 |
| Stearic(C18:0) | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Oleic(C18:1) | Trace | 1.3 |
| Linoleic(C18:2) | 9.1 | 9.5 |
| γ-Linolenic(C18:3) | ND | 13.2 |
| α-Linolenic (C18:3) | 65.1 | 40.1 |
| OTA(C18:4) | ND | 9.6 |
Percentages were integrated from peak areas of GC traces shown in Fig. 3. ND, not detected.